United States Naval Torpedo Station (Newport, R.I.)
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Belknap letterbook, 1885-1896
Letterbook kept during USNA assignments, 1885-1888, 1894-1896, on USS Kearsarge, 1888-1891, and on assignment at U.S. Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI, 1888.
Charles O'Neill notebook on torpedoes, 1876 Jun 16-Sep 3
Notebook maintained by Lt. Comdr. Charles O'Neill while receiving instruction on torpedoes at the Naval Torpedo Station in Newport, R.I. In this volume, O'Neill summarized the weekly instructions and created diagrams and drawings to illustrate parts of the lessons.
Excavation site for new Naval Hopsital wing, 1938 Jul 19
Black and white 5x7 photograph "US Naval Hospital, Newport, RI, July 19, 1938. WPA and PWA Emergency Const. Program WPA-O-P. No. 709-2-10 and PWA Allot. No. 7-08/0679-85-1 - North general view showing site of excavation for new Hosp. Wing foundation. Also removed tree stumps. WPA 39-4". The foreground of the photo features a sidewalk; the building is set in the background. A car is parked behind a tree on the left pf the photo.
Letters sent, undated
Letters sent by A.H. Whittlesey, C.W. Owston, F. Ruffin and U.S. Naval Regulation Circular No. 10 from Secretary of the Navy John D. Long. Letters regarding the Schiess Cutter, visit to Brown & Sharpe, return of ten barrels of oil, ordering a carpet, and the request for a boatswain at the Torpedo Station is denied.
Lyman G. Spalding notebook, 1881
Notes for a course on electricity, given at the Naval Torpedo Station.
Machinist's Shop Practice handbook, 1942
The handbook describes safety precautions and how to manage machinery used to make weapons during World War II. On the first page is the name "Charles Salts," signed in pen and it is assumed that this book belonged to him.
Naval Torpedo Station booklet, 1942 Apr
Booklet entitled "Instructions for Emergency Fire Crew," Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I., Personnel Division, Training Section. The booklet was geared to industrial workers, not the fire fighting units.
Walter N. Hill lecture, circa 1869-1881
Lecture on explosives including such topics as gunpowder, gun cotton, nitro-glycerin, given by Hill at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, RI.
William Sheffield oral history transcription, 2004
Sheffield, William, 1919-. Joined the Navy, 1941; Assigned to Communications Department, Washington, D.C.; Local Defense School; Subchaser Training Center, Miami, Fla.; Assigned to SC-1468, Miami; Duty in subchaser in the Caribbean; Quonset Point NAS, Anti-Submarine Development unit; Subchaser Training School; Fire Fighting School; Damage Control School; Executive Officer, US.S William M. Hobby; Discharged from the Navy, 1945; Naval Reserves, 1945-1954; Employment, Brown and Sharpe and plastics industry; Comments on the significance of the Navy for his life.